Fraud-preventing device.



J. H. ROSKO.

. FRAUD PREVENTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULYIY, 1915- 1, 177,448. Patented Mar. 28, 1916. I

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J. H. ROSKO.

FRAUD PREVENTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULY17.1915.

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FRAUD PREVENTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION TILED IULYH. 1915.

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FRAUD PREVENTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULYH, 1915.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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1. H. HOSKO.

FRAUD PREVENTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULYII, I915.

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JHRoaito UNITE STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JOHN, H. Rosxo, or JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

rnann-rnnvnNri e nnvron Application filed July 17, 1915. Serial No.40,494.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN H. Rosxo, a citizenof the United .States, residing at Johnstown, in the county of Cambriaand Stateof Pennsylvania,v have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fraud-Preventing Devices, of whichthe following is aspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fraudpreventingdevices. The primary object of this invention is to provide anautomatically operable fraudpreventing device upon the alarmbox of afire alarm system and whereby thearm of any person sending in an alarmis automatically grasped so that such person' is held a prisoner untilreleased by an officer of the department. It will 'beseen that by such aprovision, if any person should send in a false alarm, he would bearrested by the officer when the officer discovered such an illegal acton thepart of the person giving the alarm.

r A further object is to prevent false alarms in fire alarm systems byproviding upon the alarm box a. means for retaining the actuator thereofso that persons knowing of the existence of the device are advised thattheir certain arrest will follow any attempt at sounding a false alarm;

A still further object is to prevent the expense and annoyance to firedepartments which are commonly caused by sending in false alarms, suchobject being accomplished by arranging an automatically closed handcuifadjacent the hand entrance opening of the alarm box, such hand-cuffbeing releasable upon the actuation by means of an operating key. 7 I jlVith these-general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the. same consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out intheappended claims.

lnrthe drawings forming. a. part of this application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views :Figure 1 is a central vertical transverse view through afire alarm box provided with the device illustrated in its open setposition. Fig. 2 is a similar view partially broken away with t m a sithe release 9kl 'l 9$ tionsp Fig. 8 isan inner elevational viewSpecification of Letters Patent;- Patented D1211. 28, 19 16. p

of the trip and switch upon a rear plate v within the alarm box. Fig. 4is a top plan View of the device with the top of the casing removed.Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the hand-cuff members detachedandseparated. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of the lock taken uponline VIVI of Fig. 7. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the fire alarm box.Fig. '8 is a perspective view of the spindle member of the lock. Fig.' 9is ajperspective view of the spindle carried releasing means. Fig.,10 isa perspective I view of the releasing means and spindle assembled. F1gs.1l and 12are perspective views of the inner end portions of the latchactuating rods, l1lCl.Flg.'13 is a perspective view of the operating keyemployed with thedevice. V Y I Y v It will be first understood that thepresent attachment is designed for use with a fire alarm box 15 ofsubstantiallythe usual construction, the same being placed at anydesired'point or street corner and being provided with switchterminals16 within the boxupon the plate 17 of an inclosing frame '21 therein. Aswitch lever 18 is secured to a'switch shaft 19 which is journaledthrough a brace 20 and the frame plate l7 and a turn knob 22 is securedto the inner end of, the switch shaft 19 for said switch. m V V V T hefront wall 23 of the alarm box is -pro-, vided with an entrance opening24 for allowing a person to insert his'handfor the purmanually closingthe Q pose of turningin aflfire alarm by turning the'knob 22 to closethe circuit switch. A swinging closure door 25 isv provided for thefront entrance opening 24 and a readily releasable catch 26 is' providedforthe said door. r

. interlocked positions within the casing .27

having the lower ends of semi-circular wristencircling portions 31slidably arranged,

upon aguide-way 32 arranged horizontally The aforementioned frame 21 hasa casing within the casing 27 and beneath the cutaway portion 28thereof. The said curved members 31 are provided with centrallyprojecting toothed racks 32 extending-horizon tally in oppositedirectionsand beingprovided with transversely projecting pins 33 closebut prevent straining any outward movement of itheir having akeepersocket 46 smartly mounted in horizontal slots 34 of;

the said casing 27, the said racks being provided with teeth 35 upon theupper sides, it a being understood that the said racks are slidableoutwardly and inwardly of the said casing.

Spring-pressed dogs 36 are pivoted as at 37 Withinthe casing 27 atvitsopposite sides thereof and are normally retained in engagement with therack teeth 35 of the hand 'c'ufi members, as best ill ustrated in: F ig.'1, and in which position it- Will -be seen that'the dogs 36 allow thehand-cufi' members to freely any opening thereof by re- 'sa'i'd dogs 1being identical although oppositely arranged.

A. spindle 44 is tra through the casing 27'and the said'sp'indle isprovided adjacent its inner end which rojects through thecasing and intothe alarm box With-a concentrically arranged disk 45 thereinwhileopsversely j ournaled V posite'lyprojecting eecen-trically mounted.

disks or cams '47 are secured to the spindle 44 at the opposite" sidesof the disks 45. Similar eccentric rods 48 an'd 49 havethei'r outer'endspivotally-connected to the longer arms of the rocker arms142 While theirin ner e'ndsare provided with heads50 having circular perforations 51therein for journalingfthe inner ends of the said rods upon theaforementioned c' m; disks 47.

A; sleeve 52 'i's jo'urnaledupon the spindle 44""a'1'1d'"has across-head 53in'1'ou'nted thereon betweengthe eccentric" rod' connectionand the adjacent side Wall of the casing 27. A- key hol'eplate 5'4 issecured to theouter end of the spindle 44 and is revolubly mountedWithin a circularopening 55 in the froirt wall offlthe alarm box'directly beneath-the entrance opening' 24-of the latterrthe'rs'aid plate54 being provided with oppositely-an ranged circular openings55 adaptedfor the reception-of the opposite wards'56 of an insertible key" 57. Thesleeve 5Zispro'vided with opposite notches 58 upon its outer edge and itwill be understood that by inserting the" key wards 56 within the plateopening 55, the spindle 44 may be revolvedirrespective of the sleeve 52but that-when the open ings 55 of said plate are brought intoialinementwith thenotche's 58 of the said sleeve, th'e key may be furtherinserted. for posi:

'vvardlyfeari anged notchesss and whereupon. turning of the I;

key will revolve notonly the spindle 44bi1t also the sleeve 52 'With itscross head 53.

Ap'post 59 is mounted upon the inner Wall; a

46 will be brought into-alinement'withithe lec'king lug 61, which lugwill thereby seat itselffvvithin the said socket disk 45 by meansoftheof the Casing 27 andis provided with aleaf spring 60 secured to itsinner end; while a projects-from the spring 50 for preventing anyfurther turning of the disk 45 as Well as the spindle 441 and the keyplate 54; The

spindle 4-4 has a central bore-62lextendingi therethrough andibeing.adapted at its outer sea res uiereepaoa aria central relatively longerward 63 oftheJlrey-57." The free end 01 the afdrementioned Y withreleasing rod 64 therefrom and slidably v. H spring 6013 providedangularly projecting mount-ed, Within the bore-c2 projecting therein'tofrom the inner end'of the said bore, as, best-illustrated in? Means forclosing the hand-cud members" 29 and 30 are provided consisting :oflevers 64 pivoted to the casing; aforementioned pins 43,- each of the said levers having a lougitudinal' lslot 65 in its upper free end slidablyframe 21, the outeren'dsof thesaidsprings lieinganchored as at 68 "tothe said frame receiving the pins 33 therein of theoperatiiisz racks 132of the! 27 by means of the a while the inner ends thereof are arrangedwithin sockets 69 upon;

racl'ts' 32 inwardly for cldsing the handjc'ii'fi member". Connectingwires 70 arepivota'lly the levers164, the; spring 66 tending: tonormally, project the attached to the-lower free ends-of the'levers 64andthe outer ends-of tl1 'e=cross-.head

arms-7L A. trip rod 71 tothe aforementioned frame plate :17 ivvliileamuse 75 is secured to theis'a'id'triprod havingga slot'andspiripivotalconnection with an arm79of the switchsh'aft 19. Tlie trip; rod isnormally held elevated y means of ane'ncir'cling'helical: spring '77seated upon the aforeme'ntio'ned bracket 74 and en:

gage'd' i'atits upperend with a shoulder 78 of the said trip rodandwhereby the switch arm 18 is normally'held With the switch in Oppositelvpositioned journaled 'througli.the

adapted to be brou ht beneath shoulders 81:;' upon the inner edge of thelever 64 when;

the hand-cud; members i are in their o en separated: positions shown. inFig.1.; Ina

82areearriedsby 110 1 is vertically s lidablfy mounted within brackets73 and 74' secured shaft 79 adjacent the frame plate 17 and. arepivctally connected by means of links 83 with a cross-piece 81carriediby'thetrip rod 72.

From this detailed description of the ,device, it will be seen that theelements being normally positioned as illustrated in Fig. 1, allows anyperson to freely passhis' hand through the front opening 2 1 of thealarm box 15 after first opening the closure door so that the knob 22,may beturnedfor closingthe electric switch members 18 and 16. Thismovement of theshaft19 shifts the arm 7 9, thereby longitudinally.shifting the trip rod 72 downwardly and compressing the spring 77 andthis action also slightly turns the transverse shafts 79 by means of theconnections 82, 83 and 8a so as to in wardly move the pawls 80 andrelease the samefrom the levers 64:. The levers 61, being thus released,the operating springs 66 thereof force the hand-cuff members 29 and 30inwardly to their positions illustrated in Fig.2, and thereby-inclosingthe, wrist of the person sending in the alarm. The racks 32movinginwardly during this operation and in a ratcheting movementbeneath the dogs 36, the said .dogs prevent the reverse or openingmovement of thehand cuff ,members and thus hold the o erator a prisoner,

it being noted that while this operative' movement just described movesthe lever 61 and the sleeve 52, it does not influence the spindle 4 1for releasing the dogs 36 but allows the latter to remain active. Thekey 57 is then employed. the centralward 63 thereof being insertedwithin the outer'end of the bore 62 presses against the releasing rod 64and moves inwardly thespring 6.0 releasing the lug 61 from the diskopening 46 and the wards 56 being at such time positioned within the keyplate openings 55, a turning of'the key readily turns the spindle 41...As soon as the plate openings 55 are brought into alinement with thesleeve notches 58, the key is pressed farther inwardly, positioning thekev wards56 within the said notches as best illustrated in Fig. 6. Itwill thus be seen that the key having released the spindle, the same isturned through the agency of a key within the key plate to position thecam disks 47, opposite to that illustrated in'Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawings and with the dogs 36 released fromthe rack teeth 35 so that asucceeding turning of the key with the wards 56 engaging the sleevenotches 58 turns the sleeve 52 and changes theposition of-thecross-head53 and the hand-cufl members from that shown in Fig. 2 to thatillustrated in Fig. 1.' During this movement, the pawls 80. slide inresilient en agement with the outer curved faces 85 of the shoulders.81, being so e'ngaged therewith by the a'ctionof the trip rod spring 77and. when. the. levers 6.4;, reach wardly permits the spring 77 toelevate the triprod 72 to its normal position and with the switch 18 outof contact.

A housing 86 is mounted upon the alarm box 15 and is provided with agong 87 of the usual form having an operating spring, not shown, whichmay bewound up and readily. released by means of a trip 88 for allowingthe gong to operate; The said trip 88'extends downwardly through a topslot 89 in the casing-27 and is within the closing path of movement ofthe end 90 of the hand-cufimember. 30. It will thus be -seen that whenthe hand-cuff members assume their closed position as shown in Fig. 2,the trip 88. will be shifted so that the gong 87 continues to ring:until the hand-cuff members are again separated which releases the trip88 and allowsthe return spring 91 to again normally position the same. Apivoted cover 92 is mounted upon the front of the alarm box 15 forfitting over'the key plate54.' V p While the form of the invention:here'in shown and described is'what is believed to be the preferredembodiment thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that variousforms, modifications and'arrangements of the parts may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed. V

. lVhat I claim as new is 1. 'A device of the class described,comprising a fire alarm box havinga hand en' trance opening therein,slidable inter-en gaging hand-cufi members positioned within the boxadjacent the'said opening, closing means for the said hand-cufl members,key-operated opening means for the said -hand-cuif--members, ratchetretaining: dogs for the said hand-cuff members, andkey-actuatedreleasing means for the said dogs operable simultaneously with'the saidkeyoperated opening means.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a fire alarm box having ahand'enmeans for the said dogs operable simultaneously with the saidkey-operated 0pen-. ing means, switch. throwing-means within saidLbOX,and. locking, pawls for the said" hand-cuff opening: means operativelycon nected to the said. switch throwing means.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a fire alarm box havingahand en- .5 trance opening therein,- slidable inter-engaging hand-cuff:members positioned within thethe sides of the said box; a; sleevejournaled upon the 'said spindle a cross-head secured to'the saidsleeve, connecting means between the opposite ends of thesa1dcros's-head and thefreeends of the said levers-and keyoperatingJme'ans'forthe said sleeve and spindle.

5. A device of the class-described,com-

prising an alarm having an entrance open 7 ing therein, inter-engaginghand-cufi m'e'm-J bers s'lid'a bly mounted within the said box,

oppositely extending toothed. operating racks.- for the 'sa'id hand-cullmembers,

- pivoted springapress'ed operating levers for the said lacks,- aspindle journaled through the sides. of the said box, a sleeve journaledupon the said spindle,- a cross-head secured to the said sleeve,connecting means between 40 the opposite endsof th'e saidcross-head andthe free ends of the said levers, a key' plate disk on the outer' end ofthe said spindle having perforations 1 therein, saidspindle beingprovided with ace'ntr'al bore andthe said sleeve having end notchesadjacent-the sai d key-plate, retaining means for" the said hand-cuffmembers, operative c'bnnectionsl betweenthe' said retaining 'm'e'ans andthe said spindle, and a key for said spindle and sleeve seated withinthe said bore,'plate perforations and sleeve notches when in itsoperative position.

' 6. A-device' of the class described, compr'sing' an alarm box having ahand Y en'- tranceopening, oppositely positioned encircling membersslidably positioned within the" said box, a sleeve forwardly journaledinthe saids box, operative-connections be--- tween the said encirclingmembersand the said sleeve-ratcheting dog retaining :means for the saidencircling members. a spindle jo-urnaled in the sa 'd sleeve andprovided with a 1 central" bore therethr'o'ugh, operative connectionsbetween the inner :"end' of I thesaid spindle -and-" the said ism-44ameans, and an -ope'ratingkey for said sleeve and: spindle having a wardthereof "posir tionedwithin the said bore when 0per-- atively arranged;7.iA- 'device -offthe class described;%'jcom-; 70' prising; an alarmflbox having ,a hand en? trance opening, cppqtsitelyu positioned encircling members sli'dably' 1 positioned Within thesaidLboX a sleeveforwardlyjourn'aled inthe'f said box, operative connections be- 7g tweenthe said encircling members and the; said sleeve;: ratcheting dog;:retalning aneans 1 for the said encircling members, a: spindle;journaled in the. said sleeveancl provided with-a central borethereth'rou'gh, operatir'em connectionsbetweenthe I inner end of l thesaidwspi-ndle and-the said :retainingkmeans,

a key plate secured to theouter end'iof the said spindle outwardly-ofthe said z'sleeves and having loppositely-v'arrangedi keeper-"perm 1forations, the said sleeve having oppositely; arranged keeper notches;adj acent 1 the zsaid I key plate,- and an operating key for the said isleeve and; spindle having. wards seated i Within the said bore,"perforations'u and ice notcheswvhen' operativclyarranged.

8. A A device v of c the class described; come prising an alarm box:having a hand i'en-,v trance? opening, oppositely positioned 'enacircling members 'slidablypvpositijoned within t5 1 the said box, asleeve forwardly j'ournaled in the said box, .ope rativeconnectionsbetween the said. encircling members and ithe.v i said sleeve;ratcheting dog retaining means I forfthe said encircling members,a'spin'dle 10o journaled'iin the "said sleeve and provided with a;central bore therethrough, operative connectionsbetween the inner end,of the, said-spindle and the said retaining: ineanss'. an'operatingke'vfor saidsleeve and spindle havinga ward thereofpositioned within thesaid here when f operatively "arranged,- a diskcarried by the; saidspindlfei'hatving-z a keeper opening: therein, a, post: {Wltlllfli saida box, a spring projecting from-the f-ree1end; 1

of the said post, a, locking lug carried-by the said a'sp'ring andnormally engaging the adjacent si deof the' said keeper'disk and; cbeing p'c-sit'ioncd in the path of trav eliof the keeperopenin-gtherein, and a releasingl i'i5 v red carried by the free end of the saidspring and slidably positioned within the said spindle bore and havingits free'end in the path of't-ravel; of the said vbore-re ceiving wardof-thekey;

' 9;;A device of the-class described;-com+ pr'singw'an alarm" boX=having a- .hand ens trance opening, oppositelyv positioned, en:-vcircling members slid'ably prsit'ioned within the" said bod; asleeve-forwardly;journaled H5 in the said box, oper'ati'veiiconnectonsbe tween the said encircling members and the, said sleeve-ratcheting dcgretainingameansfor the said encircling members; a spindle mmersemetmeiaslee e snap viesssa with a central bore therethrough, operativeconnections between the inner end of the said spindle and a key platesecured to the outer end of the said spindle outwardly of the saidsleeve and having oppositely-arranged keeper perform tions, the saidsleeve having oppositelyarranged keeper notches adjacent the said keyplate, an operating key for the said sleeve and spindle having wardsseated within the said bore, perforations and notches when operativelyarranged, a disk carried by the said spindle having a keeper openingtherein, a post within said box, a spring projecting from the free endof the said post, a locking lug carried by the said spring and normallyengaging the adjacent side of vthe said keeper disk and being positionedin the path of travel of the keeper opening therein, and a releasing rodcarried by the free end of the said s'pring and slidably positionedwithin the said spindle bore and having its free end in the path oftravel of the said bore-receiving ward of the key.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for fi ve cents each, byaddressing the the said retaining means,

A device of the class described, comprising an alarm box, hand-cudmembers mounted therein, an operating sleeve for said hand-cuff members,controlling dogs mounted within the said bore, and a releasing key forthe said rod having a ward thereof slidably arranged within the saidbore within. the path of movement of the said releasing rod.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, JOHN H. ROSKO.

Witnesses: v

' STEPHEN METZ, BEN GIBBON.

Washington, D. C.

Commissioner of Patents,

